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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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